Fadnavis and Shah felicitated the officials who worked hard to make the Simhastha Mahaparva a grand success, a CMO official said.

In Nashik city, state Animal Husbandry Minister Mahadev Jankar, Mayor Ashok Murtadak, Collector Radhakrishanan B and others participated in the ceremony to bring down the Kumbh flag at the sacred ‘Ramkunda’.

A ‘maha aarti’ was performed on the occasion.

The ancient Ganga-Godavari-temple on the bank of river Godavari was later closed till next Kumbh mela to be held in 2027-28.

The Kumbh mela had begun in Trimbakeshwar and Nashik on July 14 last year with a flag-hoisting ceremony in the presence of Fadanvis, Union

During the Kumbh, lakhs of devotees from different parts of the country witnessed the three ‘parvanis’ (special occasion) and took holy dip in Godavari river on the ghats in Nashik city and the holy town of Trimbakeshwar.